Virginia Tech Publishing launches first peer-reviewed book under its own imprint - June 10, 2019
Virginia Tech Publishing, Virginia Tech’s scholarly publishing hub housed in the University Libraries, recently launched “Viral Networks: Connecting Digital Humanities and Medical History,” the first peer-reviewed book to be released solely under the Virginia Tech Publishing imprint. Edited by E. Thomas Ewing, a professor of… Read More
CSHL, Yale University, and BMJ set to launch new preprint server for the health sciences - June 6, 2019
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), Yale University, and BMJ have announced the forthcoming launch of medRxiv (pronounced "med-archive"), a free online archive and distribution service for preprints in the medical and health sciences. medRxiv is expected to begin accepting manuscripts on June… Read More
NISO launches new project to develop best practices for ensuring findability of video and audio outputs from scholars - June 3, 2019
The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) Voting Members have approved a new project, Assess Video and Audio Metadata and Standards for Academic Research and Professional Information, to determine best practices and recommendations for metadata associated with scholarly output and instructional materials in video and audio formats.… Read More
Reprints Desk enters partnership agreement with Lean Library - May 31, 2019
Research Solutions, Inc., a pioneer in providing cloud-based workflow solutions for R&D driven organisations, and its wholly-owned subsidiary Reprints Desk have announced that it has entered into a partnership agreement with Lean Library, a SAGE Publishing Company. Reprints Desk’s Article Galaxy research… Read More
Research Square launches new pre-publication platform - May 29, 2019
Research Square recently launched a unique new pre-publication platform, also called Research Square. Following the success of the In Review service, which launched in October 2018, in partnership with Springer Nature, researchers can now post their manuscript directly to the platform as… Read More
Newcastle University announces launch of institutional research data repository powered by Figshare - May 28, 2019
Newcastle University has announced the launch of their institutional data repository, data.ncl.ac.uk, to make research data from the university searchable, discoverable, and citable. Research data uploaded to the repository will be marked for indexing in Google Scholar and Google Dataset Search… Read More
Inera Inc. launches eXtyles Arc to offer hands-free intelligent document structuring and XML conversion - May 28, 2019
Inera Inc., a provider of editorial and XML software for scholarly and technical publishers, has announced the launch of eXtyles Arc, designed to offer hands-free document structuring and XML conversion from raw Microsoft Word manuscripts. Designed for a range of implementations including integration with journal… Read More
ACS Publications launches fully redesigned web delivery platform - May 23, 2019
The Publications Division of the American Chemical Society (ACS Publications) has announced the launch of a fully redesigned web delivery platform. This platform delivers global access to all ACS journals and books, as well as to the C&EN Global Enterprise edition. The website supports over 6,000… Read More
4open announces new special issue – Mathematical Models - May 22, 2019
4open, a multi-disciplinary Open Access journal, has announced the new special issue ‘Mathematical Models’, guest edited by Dr. Fernanda Ferreira and Dr. Flávio Ferreira. This special issue follows the 16th International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2018) where, as part of a special collaborative issue, 4open… Read More
ARL comments on RA21 proposal for access to licensed information resources - May 21, 2019
On April 17, 2019, the National Information Standards Organization (NISO) issued a call for public comments on a draft recommended practice for improving access to institutionally provided information resources. The draft is based on findings from the RA21: Resource Access for the 21st Century initiative and… Read More
